lcionline Chapter 42: Admit when it's time to admit defeat
Chapter 42: Admit when it's time to admit defeat
Chu Chenfeng did not answer him, but asked, "Who do you hope will win?"
The little guy was a little conflicted. Both of them were very nice to him, and it was difficult for him to choose.
Just when he was struggling, Huo Yuanruo came back carrying his big sword, with a proud look on his face. That expression said it all.
Chu Jie ran over excitedly, "Brother Yuanruo, you won?"
Huo Yuanruo rubbed his head randomly, messing up his originally neat hair into a mess, "What is there to doubt? Of course I won, hehehe."
Ignoring the heart-wrenching cries of Mother Chen downstairs, he strode into the box, snatched the cup from Chu Chenfeng's hand and wanted to drink.
Chu Jie, who saw this scene, immediately withdrew his foot that was about to step into the box, and his breathing became a little rapid. Oh my God, Brother Yuan Ruo is going to be in trouble. That's the emperor's uncle, and he actually snatched the cup from the emperor's uncle's hand. This is... really risking his life.
Xing Yi, who followed behind in a disheveled state, happened to see this scene and had the same reaction as Chu Jie, retreating silently.
Huo Yuanruo was still unaware of the danger he was in. When he was about to drink tea, a strong wind blew. Huo Yuanruo reacted quickly and rolled backwards neatly to avoid the opponent's attack, and then... the cup in his hand broke.
He was immediately shocked and frightened. If he had reacted a little slower, his head would have been cracked like the cup. He glared at the man who was still sitting there leisurely, "How could you...how could you do such a ruthless thing?"
"Young Master, what you said is unreasonable. You tried to grab the tea from my hand, and you won't let me make a move?" Chu Chenfeng slowly took another cup and poured himself another one.
"Then you...you can't be so harsh. We don't have any deep hatred." He said this with a guilty conscience. In the underworld, this kind of thing is too common. There is no logic to it. There is only the distinction between the strong and the weak.
Huo Yuanruo had no idea of this person's abilities, but just from that one move, he knew that this person's skills were far superior to his own, and might even be on par with his own master.
Huo Yuanruo was not a fool, so he would not act stubbornly at this moment. "Forget it, forget it. I don't want to bother with you anymore. I'm leaving now." Although he hadn't had the chance to eat Buddha Jumps Over the Wall yet, it seemed like he wouldn't be able to have it now.
As soon as he stepped out of the box, another folding fan hit him, forcing him to take two steps back. Looking at the folding fan that returned to the man's hand, Huo Yuanruo gritted his teeth and said, "What do you mean? Don't think that I'm really afraid of you. If you want to fight, just fight. Don't hesitate." At worst, I can just find a chance to run away. As the junior master said, there is always a chance to take revenge. There will be many opportunities in the future. It's not shameful to admit defeat when it's time to do so.
Chu Chenfeng had already noticed his obvious expression and laughed softly, "My guards have just had a sparring match with the young master. It's not easy for a young man to have such skills."
Huo Yuanruo puffed out his chest, and his proud look was like a peacock with its tail spread out. No one could compare to him. "It's OK. Your guard is too weak." Then he paused and looked at Chu Chenfeng with some doubt. "Your kung fu is obviously much better than his. Do you still need a guard?"
Chu Chenfeng chuckled, "Not everything needs to be solved by myself. I am used to being lazy. I like to talk, but I don't like to do things."
Hearing that he didn't like fighting, Huo Yuanruo felt relieved. "You can't do that. My master said that the most taboo for martial artists is to fish for three days and rest for two days. You have to practice every day."
"Your master is right."
"Hey! That's right, that's my master." Then he glanced at the other person cautiously, "What do you mean now? You won't let me go?"
"Haha, I won't stop you from leaving. But before we leave, don't we have to settle the accounts first?"
"Settlement of accounts? What?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of mother Chen howling like a ghost sounded again, and it was getting closer and closer. Looking at the woman with a dishevelled face and black and gray, Huo Yuanruo was shocked, "Oh my god, what the hell is this?"
Mother Chen ran over and hugged Huo Yuanruo's thighs, "Young Master, you can't leave. You demolished my Baihua Tower, how can you leave? Oh my God, I opened the door and did a good business, how could such an unexpected disaster happen..."
Seeing the crying brothel madam, Huo Yuanruo was full of disgust and wanted to kick her out, but she was a woman without any martial arts skills, which seemed ungentlemanly. He looked a little ugly, "Okay, okay, what are you crying about? It's not a big deal. Calculate how much money you have lost, and I will double it for you."
When Mother Chen heard about paying double the compensation, she immediately got up, wiped her dirty face carelessly, and even gave a flattering wink, which made the people around her feel sick. "I've already calculated it. The total is 10,300 taels of silver. I'll round off the amount for you, so it's 10,000 taels of silver. But, hehehe, the young master said he wanted double the compensation, so it's 20,000 taels of silver." Then she stretched out her hand to Huo Yuanruo.
Huo Yuanruo just wanted to drive this man away, so he didn't care about how much money it was. He had never worried about money in his life. He took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and handed it over impatiently, "Here, is that enough?"
When the madam saw such a thick stack of banknotes, she immediately smiled happily, as if the person who had just cried as if her father had died was not her.
As a result, this person who didn't have a good eye didn't leave directly with the banknotes, but counted them in front of several people, which made Huo Yuanruo so angry that he almost used the Foshan Shadowless Kick. But he endured it because she was a woman. He turned his head to the other side angrily, thinking that out of sight, out of mind.
"Hey? Young Master..."
"What are you doing?" Huo Yuanruo asked angrily.
The madam smiled awkwardly, "This... the silver is not enough."
"Not enough?" Huo Yuanruo turned his head. "How can it be not enough? I just took tens of thousands of taels of silver notes a few days ago. Did you count them clearly?"
The madam said seriously, "Hey, I've counted it three times, there's no way I'm wrong, look at this..."
Huo Yuanruo's face flashed with embarrassment, "How much is left? I'll have someone deliver it tomorrow."
"This..." The madam looked at Huo Yuanruo with a subtle look, as if she was afraid that he would run away. "Here we only have 5,800 taels of silver, and we still need 14,200 taels of silver. This is my first time to Baihua Tower, right? I'm afraid you don't know the rules of our building. We never buy on credit."
The meaning is very clear. With such a large sum of money, who knows if you will run away. Before Huo Yuanruo could get mad, Xingyi received the instructions from his master and directly took the 20,000 taels of silver notes.
The old brothel owner was so happy that she could not express it in words. She made more than double the money. Hahahaha, she made a fortune.